MeriTalk recently connected with Dan Chenok, executive director at IBM’s Center for The Business of Government, to discuss the center’s recent “Innovation and Emerging Technologies in Government” research, authored by Alan Shark. This article takes a deeper look at the use cases outlined in the report, the five key mindsets that emerged from the interviews, and the connection found between innovation and technology. […]
Few things seem to unite Republicans and Democrats these days, but President Trump’s abrupt firing of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher Krebs seems to be one of the issues bucking that trend. President Trump fired Krebs via his Twitter account on Tuesday evening, prompting a mix of outrage and disapproval from members of Congress […]
The Senate on Nov. 17 approved the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act (H.R. 1668) by unanimous consent, sending the bill to the White House for President Trump’s signature. The House approved the bill in September. […]
Now that much of the Federal government workforce has eight months of pandemic-driven telework under its belt, government officials are examining how that experience has changed the future landscape of providing service to citizens, and how to incorporate lessons learned for what may be the longer haul of remote work. […]
Sean Connelly, who heads the TIC Program Office at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said today that his office is aiming to release a remote-user use case for the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) 3.0 security initiative that will build on interim TIC guidance the agency issued earlier this year to help Federal agencies migrate quickly to large-scale telework. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) component is looking for technology to enable remote exam proctoring, according to a Nov. 16 solicitation post on Beta.Sam.gov. […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released guidance for regulating AI applications, pursuant to Executive Order 13859, “Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.” […]
The House on Nov. 17 approved by voice vote a bill that would provide $750 million of Federal funding grants to support the deployment of Open Radio Access Network (RAN) 5G wireless networks in the U.S. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) announced it has designated the U.S. Naval Academy’s cyber operations program as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO). […]
President Trump fired Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher Krebs via his Twitter account on Tuesday evening. […]
The White House announced its intention today to name Basil Parker – currently chief of staff at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – as the new Federal CIO. […]
President-Elect Joe Biden this week urged Congress to approve a COVID-19 stimulus bill similar to the HEROES Act approved by the House earlier this year, but didn’t get into further specifics about what he’d like to see in future relief legislation. […]
As the Federal Election Commission (FEC) dealt with oversight of a massive increase in campaign donations during a presidential election cycle, the agency at the same time struggled with its cybersecurity and the absence of a full-time CIO, the FEC’s Office of the Inspector General found in a report released November 13. […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its Capital Planning Guidance for Fiscal Year 2022 budget planning, which mirrors past guidance in advancing the Technology Business Management (TBM) approach to budgeting for IT. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced earlier this month that a Federal judge sentenced Aleksandr Brovko, a Russian national, to eight years in prison for his role in a botnet scheme that resulted in an estimated loss of over $100 million. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has flagged several ongoing IT management issues at the agency as part of its annual report of major management and performance challenges facing DHS. […]
Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., is joining the senior White House staff of the incoming Biden-Harris administration, putting an experienced legislative voice on cybersecurity and related Federal IT issues in President-Elect Biden’s inner circle. […]
Federal IT leaders estimate that agencies have advanced modernization efforts by four to five years in recent months, and all hope to continue the momentum. They say improved data sharing between new and legacy systems is the No. 1 opportunity to move modernization forward. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Chief Financial Officer recently completed the transition of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to a DHS integrated financial, procurement, and asset management system. […]
The chairs of the House Judiciary and Oversight and Reform committees warned the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and its Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) against engaging in “midnight rulemakings” in the waning days of the Trump administration that don’t give Congress adequate time to review the new rules. […]
With network attack surfaces expanding, aggressive adversaries circling, and the Federal government more reliant than ever on the effective functioning of information technology to deliver citizen services, mitigating cyber threats and improving cyber security is a top priority. […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued guidance on Nov. 12 for Federal agencies on accepting records requests digitally, and sets them on the path to setting up ways to do that over the next year. […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has launched the Operational Technology (OT) Defender Fellowship, which is intended to help strengthen critical infrastructure cybersecurity. […]
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced that Matthew Kozma is the new CIO for the Intelligence Community (IC). In his new role, Kozma will advise the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on information management, technology, and assurance, including IT infrastructure and investment priorities across the IC’s 17 agencies […]
The U.S. Navy and its revitalized CIO office is looking to modernize its systems and capabilities, with artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool to tackle a complicated environment, said Christopher Cleary, Navy CISO, in a November 12 speech. […]
The United States Air Force (USAF) is turning to wearable devices to support its COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. […]
The United States Air Force (USAF) is bringing “man’s best friend” into the 21st Century. Tyndall Air Force Base will be one of the first military bases to implement semi-autonomous robot dogs into their patrolling regiment. […]
Michael Rigas has become Acting Federal CIO, according to his social media presence and a Nov. 13 document that he signed in that capacity. […]
The skyrocketing popularity of collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams and Zoom for telework created a relatively new attack vector for hackers. Bad actors are now turning to methods like “Zoom-bombing” and requesting to collaborate on documents in Teams to gain access to sensitive information. […]
A new report from the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) examines human capital challenges facing the Federal government, and lays out several recommendations to modernize the Federal workforce in 2021 that could be accomplished via executive order from the next presidential administration. […]